GoB to release technical report on hospital land
After FOIA requests, PM says GoB will release technical report on original hospital land
Photo: Hon. John Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize
BELIZE CITY, Sat. Sept. 28, 2024
The four Social Partners represented in the Senate have fired off two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to...
Suspected cocaine found in Minister Andre Perez‘s boat!
by Charles Gladden
SAN PEDRO, Ambergris Caye, Mon. Sept. 30, 2024
Blue Economy Minister and area representative of San Pedro Town, Hon. Andre Perez, who had been at the center of controversy after being accused...
Belize girls win Bronze at 1st AFECAVOL Central American U-17 volleyball championship
Photo: Belize National Female U-17 Volleyball Team – Bronze Medalists
by William Ysaguirre
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Sat. Sept. 28, 2024
Belize’s Under-17 girls won the bronze medal by 2 consecutive victories at the first-ever AFECAVOL Central American...
Police officer dies in motorcycle crash in Cayo
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 30, 2024
The Belize Police Department is grieving the loss of 30-year-old Nikki Waight of Belmopan, a police officer who lost his life in a motorcycle crash last night, Sunday,...
Jealous officer assaults Jewel’s Olympian
Photo: Luwis Pascascio, charged
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 30, 2024
Shaun Gill, 31, was Belize’s only athlete representative at the 2024 Olympics, but he became a victim of police brutality when police...
Sports Council Accounts Clerk convicted
Photo: Ivan Ayuso, remanded
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Sept. 27, 2024
Tonight, a former Senior Accounts Clerk for the National Sports Council, Ivan Ayuso is spending his first night on remand, pending sentencing for the offenses...
National heroes on Belize bills
Photo: (l-r) Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price and Phillip Goldson
by Charles Gladden
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Sept. 30, 2024
It has been confirmed that the faces of Belize’s national heroes, the Rt. Hon. George Cadle Price and Hon. Philip Goldson, will be printed on the country’s paper bills and are set to be released to the public in 2025.
A press release distributed by the Central Bank of Belize echoed that the new bills will feature those national heroes, “This new family of notes will tell unique stories of our country’s rich heritage and will incorporate enhanced security features to combat counterfeiting.”
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Monday, September 30, 2024
Both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Belize got an opportunity over the past week to say a few words to the world at...
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Cayo villager dies in motorcycle crash
by Charles Gladden
SAN ANTONIO VILLAGE, Cayo District, Thurs. Sept. 26, 2024
A single motorcycle collision...
National and International Conference on Herbs held in Cayo
by Orlando Pulido
SANTA ELENA, Cayo District, Sat. Sept. 28, 2024
The Second International Conference on Traditional Medicine began on September 26 at the Drift Inn in Santa Elena, Cayo, and continued to the 27th. The theme selected for the two-day event was “Traditional Healers, Gatekeepers of the Scientific...
Man kills brother in Toledo
Photo: Matyas Bo, charged
by Charles Gladden
BELLA VISTA, Toledo District, Wed. Sept. 25, 2024
A man from Bella Vista Village, Toledo District, is in police custody, as he allegedly murdered his brother on Wednesday morning,...
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